Bank.



r. E. JORDAN.

BANK. APPLICATION IILBD DBO. 11, 1908.

Patented Oct. 12,1909.

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BANK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 11, 1908.

Patented Oct. 12,1909.

Serial No. 467,067.

To all whom it may conce-rn.'

Be it known that l, FRANKLIN E. JORDAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in` Banks, of. which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to banks, and more particularly to those adapted to be carried in the pocket, and has for an object to provide a bank of this character with novel means for removably mounting one head of the bank to walls of the body port-ion of the bank.

A further object of this invention is to provide, together with novel key actuated means for releasing one head of the bank, novel and etfective means for automatically closing the coin inlet passage.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent as the nature of the invention is bet ter set forth, and it will be understood that changes within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln the drawing, forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several viewsr-Figure 1 is a vertical section through the bank. Fig. 2 is a view similark to Fig. 1 taken on the line at right angles thereto. Fig. 3 is a view of the upper port-ion of the bank showino' the manner of engaging the key with the cam-shaped dog. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the escutcheon. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the bracket beneath the escutcheon. Fig. (l is a plan view of the cam-shaped locking dog. Fig. 'T is a planV view of the bracket upon which the locking dog is mounted. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the key actuated means for holding the locking dog in its adjusted position.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, there is shown a bank 1 comprising a receptacle having substantially parallel side walls Q and curved end walls rlhe receptacle, at one end, is provided with a liX'ed head 4 provided with a longitudinally extending coin inlet passage 5 which may be of any desired shape and length to receive coins of various denominations. wardly of the passage 5, the head 4 is p rovided with a bracket consisting of a flat plate 6 having parallel spaced longitudinally eiitending side flanges 7 for a purpose to present-ly appear. The plate 6 is provided at the ends thereof with feet 8 attached inany suitable manner to the head 4. The plate 6 is provided with a longitudinally extending passage 9 disposed directly in line with the passage 5 formed in the head 4 and located in spaced parallel relation thereto.

portions 12 arranged directly within the flanges 7 of the plate 6, and these portions 12 are connected to each other by curved end portions 13 located outwardly of the feet 8 as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. It will be seen that the portions 12 of the said endless leaf springs serve normally to hold the spherical elements engaged with each other thus closing the coin inlet passage 5 and the passage 9 formed in the plate 6 providing efectiveineans for preventing the discharge of coins from the receptacle, but providing effective and novel means for permit-ting the entrance of coins. lt will be seen that upon shoving a coin into the slot 5 it will tend to move the spherical elements 'away from each other.

rllhe receptacle 1 is provided at its end opposite the head 4 with Aa head 14 which will be hereinafter described Aas a removable head. This head carries thereupon, approximately, at the center thereof, an escutcheon 15 rotatably mounted in any suitable manner. The escutcheon is provided with an irregular shaped passage 16 adapted to aline with a similar passage 17 formed in a bracket plate 18 secured beneath the head 14. 4A bracket 19 is located beneath the plate 18 and comprises a horizontally disposed portion 20, and vertical parallel spaced legs 21 secured in any suitable manner to the head 14. The portion 20 of the bracket 19 is provided with a centrally located passage 22 which receives a pin 23 upon which is mounted a cam-shaped locking dog 24 provided longitudinally of its length with op-v positely disposed passages 25, and transversely of the said locking dog there is shown oppositely disposed passages 26. All of the said passages 25 and 26 are arranged concentric with the said pin 23.

A key actuated keeper is shown at 27 and so Y,

is formed from suitable spring material and forked as shown at 30 to provide oppositely disposed spaced portions 31 which carry at their outer ends upwardly directed pins or studs 32.

Adjacent to the head ll, the walls of the receptacle are pressed outwardly to form a bead 33 disposed in line with the canishaped dog 24.

By providing` the keeper 27 it will be seen that the pins or studs 32 may be engaged with either series of passages 25 and 2G. Assuming the pins or studs 32 to be engaged with the passages 26 it will readily appear that the locking dog is held out of engagement with the bead 3B, as the width of the said dog is approximately the sameas the distance between the spaced walls of the receptacle.

A key is shown at Sil in full lines in Fig. 3 ofthe drawing and comprises a shank having a contracted neck 3G froml which depends a head 37 having downwardly extending spaced ingers 38. The key is corrugated longitudinally so that it will conform to the irregular passage or slot 1G formed in the escutcheon. It is obvious that the key 34: may be inserted through the head la so that the lingers 38 may be pressed into either series of passages 25 or 2G, and by pressing downwardly on the key the fingers 38 by their engagement with the studs or pins 52 will press the same downwardly so that they become disengaged with the locking dog. After this operation it will appear that by rotating the key, the lockingA dog consequently will be rotated, and when the shank 35 of the key lies transversely of the head 14C, the dog 24 at its ends will be engaged with portions of the bead in the walls 2 of the receptacle to hold the head effectively engaged or locked to the receptacle.

I claim zl. A bank comprising a receptacle having a coin inlet passage, a head removably engaged with the receptacle, a rotatable element carried by the headcadapted for locking engagement wit-h walls of the receptacle,

and a keeper for holding the eleinent against rotation.

2. A bank comprising a receptacle having a coin receiving passage at one end, a head for said receptacle a key actuated eamshaped dog carried by the head adapted for locking engagement with walls of the receptacle, a keeper adapted for locking engagement with the dog, and a key for releasing the keeper and rotating the dog.

A bank comprising a receptacle having y a coin receiving passage at one end, a head removably engaged with the receptacle, a locking dog carried by the head for engaging walls of the receptacle and provided with a plurality of oppositely disposed series of passages, a spring pressed keeper for holding the dog in its adjusted position and adapted to be engaged in the said series of passages, and a key for rotating the dog and releasing the keeper therefron'l.

i. A bank comprising a receptacle having a coin receiving passage, a head having an escutcheon, a rotatable locking dog carried by the head adapted for locking engagement with walls of the receptacle, and a key adapted to be inserted through the eseutcheon and engaged with the dog 'lor engaging or disengaging the saine troni the walls of the receptacle.

- o. A bank of the class described comprising a receptacle having a coin receiving passage at one end, a h ad removably engaged with the receptacle, a locking dog carried by the head adapted to be rotated and frictionally engaged with walls of the receptacle and provided with a plurality of oppositely disposed series of passages, a spring pressed keeper for holding the dog in its adjusted position and adapted to be engaged in the said series of passages for holding the dog against rotation, and a key adapted to engage the spring pressed keeper and move the same into an inoperative position to allow the dog to be disengaged from the walls of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I alix my sigi'iature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN E. JORDAN.

Vitnesses F. C. llfA'rsoN, M. H. lVnsroN. 

